Could it be possible that this is the season we can emulate what happened half a century ago (67-68) with promotion from this league? I was there and we had a young man called Lowry (Tommy) in that team too. Started with two league wins and two draws. Omens are good maybe.
Great to see you back alexmick, jasethebase and grestygirly might even appear again.
My mother assures me that I made my first trips to Gresty Road during that season - I was 7 or 8. I remember wandering off from my mother and asking the guy at the turnstile if I could go out to watch the trains until the football started, but he said if I went out I had to pay to come back in!
I agree about the omens but more than that it's great to hear from alexmick again.
Many thanks for the kind comments. Following that brilliant 5-1 thrashing of the Spirites, here is an update on my prediction of how the Alex are about to repeat history 50 years later.
1967-68 all over again. First 6 games to the letter. Three wins, 2 draws and 1 loss. Amazing and Tom Lowry was in that side too. Loved that season and it ended in promotion from Division 4. Now, if things do follow suit, we can expect to win our next 3 games. Cambridge, Exeter and Carlisle had better watch out.
"Omens looking good" took a massive hammering on Tuesday night with that defeat on home soil to Cambridge. That is because during that famous promotion season half a century ago, we went the whole season unbeaten at Gresty Road. However, that season will be remembered for one massive victory. The Alex beat Vale for the first time in their history away from home. That 2-0 success happened on Easter Monday 1968. Interestingly, tomorrow's opponents, Exeter City were well beaten by Crewe at St. James Park early in that season. The score, 4-1 to the Alex. Hope we can do it again on Saturday.
Great enthusiasm Alexmick, a man after my own heart. I was concerned about Tuesday's game but I quite fancy a 2-1 Alex win at Exeter. C.O.Y.R!
It's funny how, with all the glory years in more recent times, that we all seem to think some of the best years were in what most would consider lesser games.
Me included. Far too young to recall 68. The season for me, for probably many reasons, was 88/89 when we had the likes of Fish, Cronin, Clayton and Cutler up top, Gardiner, Jasper and Walters in the middle and the likes of Billing, Edwards (both of them! ) and Callaghan at the back. I have a feeling that was the season that Andy Sus*** converted as a defender too.
And talking of Exeter and playing them away, my brother remembers that game as much as me that season when Fish got the winner (? - one of them anyway), when we won 2-1 but I spent the last 10 minutes in the gents I was so nervous I couldn't watch as we clung onto the win!!
Happy days!
I remember the 88/89 season well - a lot of good games and, for me, a real feeling that we were on the verge of doing something special with Dario at the helm. Great pity that injury ended Fish's career prematurely.
If we are doing predictions for today, my head says 2-0 to Exeter but my heart says 1-1. I cannot hedge my bets so I will opt for 1-1.